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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Reflecting Balance

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It focuses on a young Shinx named Blitz, an Eevee named Sera and an amnesiac Mienfoo given the name Chiaki when Blitz and Sera found him passed out in a forest. After joining the rescue team Sera and Blitz recently started, Chiaki learns about the basics of being part of a rescue team. However, when they learn that the eight crystals of Axis Tower, which are needed to maintain the balance, have been stolen, they and the other rescue teams must do what they can to retrieve them.

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But who stole the crystals, and why? What secrets does Elina the mysterious Elgyem hide? And what is Chiaki's true role in all of this?

In addition to the main story, there's also Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Reflecting Balance - Special Episodes, consisting of one-shots focusing on the supporting cast set at different points in the timeline.

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Kala the Abra, who at first is only a character who works at the rescue team HQ and teleports rescue teams to far away mystery dungeons, but she got a bigger role when she also became Elina's mentor in how to use telepathy.

Hercules the Heracross is an example of a character who had this happen to him before his debut chapter was written, as the writer originally only intended for him to be a minor character who rarely appeared at all, but at some point after she'd written the first few chapters, she came up with the idea of making him Blitz's mentor and the one Blitz trusted with his secret, and thus Hercules became a major supporting character.

Big Sister Worship: Sera seems to admire her oldest sister Amethyst the most out of her five older siblings.

Brick Joke: In chapter 12, the main characters try asking some Spinarak for directions upon arriving in Nectar Woods, but the Spinarak are too busy working on their spider web, and mention that they are competing with a similar group of Joltik over who can make the best-looking spider webs. Later in the chapter, the Butterfree outlaw is trying to get away, only to get stuck in a spider web made by a group of Joltik.

Blitz's younger sister Lita is mentioned twice in conversations between Blitz and Hercules, before she eventually appears in Chapter 21.

Stella has a pen pal that she is frequently seen writing to, informing her of the situation with the Axis Tower crystals. The identity of the pen pal is later revealed to be a Mismagius named Samara, who is working to re-create the spell that was used to seal away the Big Bad in the past.

Blitz's father abandoned the Luxray pride has was the leader of after something went horribly wrong during a hunting trip which he blamed himself for, leaving his family behind as well in the process. He eventually returns.

Azure and Bow's fathers are also nowhere in sight, although the absence of the former is explained as him travelling a lot due to his job.

Foreshadowing: There are a lot of small details alluding to future events or other things that will become important later on.

Blitz doesn't like using his Fire and Ice Fang attacks in battle, but doesn't tell his teammates why. Chapter 22 reveals Blitz's backstory, and shows exactly why Blitz doesn't like using those attacks in battle. The same chapter also fully explains a few other things that were alluded to in conversations between Blitz and Hercules.

A few locations that are mentioned in early parts of the story have been visited by the main characters later.

A lot suggests that the main villain is no ordinary Sigilyph, with his unusual powers and the way he talks about Cassandra (one of the previous town oracles) as if he had known her. Turns out the Sigilyph is possessed by an evil spirit named Erebos. We later learn who said spirit was, and how he and Cassandra knew each other.

Forgetful Jones: Bow is quite forgetful, and often tends to forget to tell others about her visions until after they have already happened.

Blitz tends to use his Ice and Fire Fang attacks for purposes other than battling.

Megara uses her Flame Burst attack to signal to Sera and Sting's rescue teams that Mirage's team had found the entrance to the Sand-Veiled Sanctuary in Chapter 14. Chapter 25 has a Call-Back to this scene when Blitz suggests that Frederick do something similar with his Dragon Rage attack.

Noodle Incident: Whatever it was that went wrong during the Luxray pride's hunting trip that led to Blitz's father leaving the pride.

Oh, Crap!: Blitz's reaction in Chapter 14 when he realizes that Sera and Chiaki have just walked right into a Monster House.

Polar Opposite Twins: Princess Blithe and Prince Somber, the Frillish twins that appear in Chapter 19 and 20. Blithe is optimistic and full of energy, while Somber is pessimistic and doesn't seem to get particularly excited about anything.

Revision: The earlier chapters went through some revisions when they were posted on FF.net, and the Serebii versions of those chapter were later updated with the revised versions as well. One notable change between the original and revised versions is that Chapter 3 had Azure's failed attack changed from Bubble to Bubble Beam due to moveset changes introduced in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.

Rule of Three: There are three elemental monkey tribes in Harmony Forest, and when Sera, Blitz, and Chiaki explore the forest in chapter 9 and 10, they run into groups of three Pansage, three Pansear, and three Panpour at three different points.

Sealed Evil in a Can: Erebos was sealed inside a stone chest created by his twin sister Pandora, but since Pandora left the world of the living a long time ago, her remaining magic has been fading over time. Shortly before the events of the story, he finally broke free after an unfortunate Sigilyph happened to find the chest.

Seers: Stella, being a Gothitelle and the town's current oracle, can see into the future. Her daughter Bow also has this ability.

Tempting Fate: When nearly at the end of the mystery dungeon in the Sand-Veiled Sanctuary, Sera wonders out loud what could possibly go wrong when they had gotten this far. Only a few moments later, she and Chiaki end up walking right into a Monster House.

Two Girls and a Guy / Two Guys and a Girl: Most of the recurring rescue teams seem to consist of three members, and usually consist of either two male members and one female, or two female and one male. Mirage's team fits the former trope, and Sting's team fits the latter. Sera's rescue team also fit the latter, until Azure joined their team in Chapter 20.

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